Parippu Chaaru (Curry)
I should stick to my new year resolution at least for a week right ;) ? This parippu (dal) curry is a typical Kerala dish. It’s one of the main dishes of Onasadhya as well. We call it “parippu chaaru” at home. If there is parippu chaaru, ghee and pappad, it’s almost like a mini sadya for me. I just love the smell of ghee drizzled over parippu, it increases my appetite beyond limits. Usually I don’t eat much rice, but with this I wouldn’t even mind a 2nd or 3rd helping :) Actually back home if parippu chaaru is made for lunch, extra rice will be made, since everybody tends to have more servings of rice with this. (see am not the only guilty person here ;) )
I’m happy to send this dish for FIC- Yellow, hosted by Sunshinemom. Food in colours is a unique event started by Sunshinemom of TongueTicklers. This event celebrates food with a different colour each month. This month’s colour is Yellow and here goes my yellow beauty :)
- Cheruparippu (moong dal) – 100 gm (approximately 1 cup)
- Grated coconut – half of one coconut
Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Green chilli – 2-3
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp - Ghee/coconut oil – 2-3 tsp
- Water – 1/2 ltr
- Small onion – 3-4
Mustard seeds – a pinch
Red chilli – 2
Curry leaves - Salt
Grind together number 2 ingredients. Roast the moong dal in a heavy bottomed pan (without oil). Boil half a litre water and add the roasted dal to this. Cook till the dal is done. Mash it well or you can just run it in a food processor or blender for a few seconds. Add ground paste, salt and 1/2 – 1 cup water to the mashed dal and let it boil. Remove from heat.
Heat oil/ghee in another pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add small onion, curry leaves and red chilli. Fry till small onion becomes golden brown. Pour over cooked dal. Serve with rice and pappad, wait… don’t start eating… drizzle some ghee on the curry, now you are ready to eat :)
Notes: I recommend using ghee for this recipe.
Other Onam/Kerala veg recipes:
Source: Vanitha
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What a gorgeous photo, Maria. Looks like a soothing meal. Enjoy! :))
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I too make a parippu curry like this, with a bit of differenc, my recipe is from a old book from Mrw Mathews.
Your pairppu curry looks delicious.
Wish i had a plate of rice and that papaodom and curry, i would be a very happy woman ;-)
Beautiful picture too.
I don’t get the papadoms which puff up like this.
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look vann aayittundu..especially tht ghee over parippu makes anyone drool!! and papadam nannaayi vannittundalo!! shud try it sometime soon!
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You say parippu and I say paruppu! But it makes no difference coz we too can’t live without parippu……(That is tuned to “You say hello, I say goodbye….hello)! Just wanted to say that it is one universal favourite though in many forms:) Thank you for the glowing dal!
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Hi da ..
Parippu curry looks so nice …Even me too used to make like this …parippum thairum pickle um enikkue etavum istapetta combination aa..eppolee vayil ninnu vellam varunu …
Enikku ethu vare etra nalla pappadam evidekittiyittilla…!!! Nice snaps
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Beautiful, your presentations skills r too good.
One question from where do you bring such beautiful chatti used for dal and papad.
Love & regards
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hello there!!! the picture looks superb!!!!! infact alomost all the photos of ur recipes r superb!!! the way that paripu kari and pappad has posed for the photo makes me droooooool,eventhough im not a dal fan….but sure gonna try this one!!
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excellent curry!…thanks for the recipe
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Hi ther!!
Thx alot maria for a yummy recipie!!tried it out!we’ve never luved paripu curry this much b4!
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Thanks a lot, Asha :)
HC, thank you :). There are different recipes for parippu, some add coconut, some without coconut….btw, I also dont get pappadams like that always, may be I was lucky this time :)
Thanks ammu, ya parippu and ghee great combo right?? please do try it and let me know.
Sunshinemom, waiting to see the roundup at your place :)
Thanks Veena, btw those are guruvayoor pappadoms, so may be you could get it when you go home :)
Oycie, thanks a lot, very happy to hear your compliment :). I bought those vessels from an Indian store in Bahrain. If you are from Bahrain, please let me know..I will give you the details of the shop.
Seeba, thank you dear :) ya parippu and pappad was very kind to me and posed nicely and they are naturally photgenic ;). Anyways please do try it, I think you will like it,
Thanks Ranjita :) hope you liked it :)
Anne, very very happy to hear that you liked it so much :) t
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Hello Everyone!
Maria – “…some add coconut, some without coconut…”
- True, but for me, the coconut component, particularly coconut oil, should be there, in full force! :-)
Just my two cents.
Cheers,
CoconutOilGuy
http://www.coconut-oil-central.com
Your Drugstore in a Bottle
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Hi Maria, my first visit here. You have a very professional looking blog. The layout is very neat. I have to go through your recipes in leisure.
I agree with SM, we cannot live without paruppu.
The photo is look so good. I love papadam too.
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Hi maria!! btw, which is that store in bahrain u bought that “chatti”,from?? i would love to buy it too…and ya even i buy guruvayoor pappadams!!!!
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COG – me too love coconut oil, its aroma itself increases my appetite :)
Thanks Madhuram :) my husband helps me with the site layout. Hope you liked the recipes posted here.
Seeba – I got the silver one from Aswaq stores in exhibition road, manama and copper one from Lulu hypermarket.
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Hey Maria, I tried this today it came out really well :) thanks a lot.. fantastic recipes.. btw I am minu, live in Bahrain with my husband..
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Maria
Reply: on April 9th, 2009 at 8:36 amDear Minu
Thank you so much for trying this and also for letting me know about it.
Hey, happy to know that you too are from Bahrain :)
Take care
Maria
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hi maria,
I tried ur parippu curry today, the result was absolutely fantastic.
Could you add some more nadan recipes like sambar, thorans and stuff like that. Especially CHICKEN BIRIYANI , i tried making it many different ways but unfortunately it never works well. and sadly thats my husband’s one of the favourites.
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Maria
Reply: on June 29th, 2009 at 7:49 pmHi Lekshmi
Thanks for trying this dish and am really happy that you liked it too :)
I will try to post more nadan recipes. I’ve posted a mutton biriyani recipe here. Originally its a chicken biriyani recipe, I happened to make it with mutton and posted it. Please try out that recipe. You can find it here:
http://www.mariasmenu.com/mutton/mutton-biriyani
Just replace mutton with chicken in the above recipe, rest everything is same. If you’ve any doubts, please write to me.
Hope your husband will like it.
Cheers
Maria
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I just made parippu in the crockpot. I’ve been eating it for the last 6 hours on and off. It was so delicious and only about 20 minutes prep time. check it out on my blog – i’ll have the recipe soon. Like your site. Glad I found it.
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Maria
Reply: on July 24th, 2009 at 6:07 pmHi Anupy
Thanks for dropping in. Glad to hear that you liked this dish.
I visited your blog, and I really appreciate the fact that you are taking special efforts to introduce Indian food to your kids, hope they enjoy it :)
Cheers
Maria
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Hi Maria, Im nisha here, sumi and sajna’s friend. I have been visiting ur site quite often and enjoy it very much :)
Today i tried the parripu charru recipe and i must say it is lip smacking.. love it.. thank u so much for this wonderful recipe maria. now i cant wait for my husband to come home for lunch so that we can feast on it :)
Thanks once again..
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Hi Nisha
I’ve heard about you from Sumi :) Thanks a lot dear for visiting frequently and also for trying out the recipe :)
This is one one of my fav too :) Hope your husband also liked it.
Cheers
Maria
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